Improvement in folding-chairs



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No. 139,776. Patent ed ilune w 18 73 AM, PHOTHITHOGRAPHIC cuJvxwsaanwe'sPROCESS! UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

ADAM GOLLIGNON, OLAUDIUS O/GOLLIGNON, AND NICHOLAS GOLLIGNON,

OF CLOSTER, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,776, dated June 10,1873; application filed April 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ADAM COLLIGNON, OLAUDIUS 0. COLLIGNON, and NICHOLAS(JOLLIGNON, of Oloster, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and Improved Folding Chair and that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in folding-chairs; andthe invention consists in extending the lower ends of the uprights ofthe back so that they may bear upon the legs of the chair, in the mannerhereinafter described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation ofour improved chair; Fig. 2, a front elevation of same; and Fig. 3 thechair folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts 7 in the severalfigures.

A represents a folding-chair, the legs a b of which cross each othersomewhat in the form of an X, and are pivoted together at their point ofintersection, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To the upper end a of the rearlegs a are secured, by pivotal bolts, two seat-rails, dd, and to theupper ends of the front legs I) are secured in like manner the twouprights B of the back, and to these uprights are secured and pivoted inlike manner the rear ends of said seat-rails d. The uprights B extenddownward until their lower ends abut against the rear legs a.

0n the seat-rails d is secured in any desirable manner a rigid seat, 0.This seat maybe a wooden seat, or it maybe a frame filled in with cane;and the back above the seat may be provided with slats, as shown in Fig.2, or it may likewise be filled in with cane.

Our chair being constructed substantially as above described, it may befoldedin the position shown in Fig. 3 by drawing the legs together, whenthe back will fold over backward and the legs will fold together nearlyparallel with each other.

It will be seen from the construction of our chair that the front leg I)is pivoted to the uprights of the back B at aipoint but a littledistance from the point of intersection of the two legs, whichmaterially lessens the strain upon said front legs, since the leverageof the back thereon is but slight. And it will also be observed that thebearing of the lower ends of the uprights of the back on therear legsWitnesses:

JAMES I. P. GOLLIGNON, GEORGE FLOTARD.

